Heavy rainfall followed by many tragic incidents prompted the educational authorities in the Eastern province and other parts of Saudi Arabia to shut down schools. Saudi boy Nawaf Mohammed Madawi along with expatriate driver were drowned in Asir as he was going back to home from school.
In Riyadh, the civil defence units are still searching for an expatriate girl who fell in Wadi Al Hayer river. Saudi student Hala’a also drowned along with her father, Khalid Ali Oraibi, who was a school official in Samta.